Your source for jobs, books, retreats, and much more. The Good Word. John W. Martens July 30, Will anguish, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or the sword? No, in all these things we conquer overwhelmingly through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor present things, nor future things, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
It has always been difficult for me to point to a particular verse or passage and say that this is the one that I turn to in a time of need or speaks to me most deeply. In fact, a couple of years ago I heard my students joking about how every Gospel or Epistle I was teaching was "certainly my favorite. Scripture is like that — its depths can never be fully plumbed or its graces exhausted. Blessed is the woman or man who is able to teach Scripture for a living. Once we invite Christ into our lives and accept him as our Savior, our name is written in his book of life.
Our names cannot be blotted out. I will confess his name before my Father and before his angels. Christ will not blot the names of his chosen and faithful ones out of this book of life. Christ will produce this book of life, and confess the names of the faithful who stand there, before God, and all the angels; he will do this as their Judge, when the books shall be opened; he will do this as their captain and head, leading them with him triumphantly to heaven, presenting them to the Father.
If we truly accept Christ, we become his and cannot be separated from him or his love. But what about Christians who choose to go against God? This can be a controversial topic. One viewpoint is that those that stray from God never truly accepted Christ as their Lord and Savior, although this can only be known by the wanders when they examine their own hearts.
As believers, God is with us and we can never be separated from him. No matter what trials we are going through, he is there. Praise Jesus! Jenna Brooke Carlson is an elementary dual language teacher in the Chicago suburbs. As a member of American Christian Fiction Writers and Word Weavers, she enjoys spending time with other writers and perfecting her craft.
To find out more about Jenna, visit her website at jennabrookecarlson. This article is part of our larger resource library of popular Bible verse phrases and quotes. Used by permission. Robert Jeffress. June 22, Posted at h in by A Webmaster 0 Comments. Enter Email Confirm Email. Select one CSN International. American Family Radio Network. Bott Radio Network. Salem Communications. Delmarva Educational Association. Rockdale Community Broadcasting Inc. Amplified Bible Who shall ever separate us from the love of Christ?
Christian Standard Bible Who can separate us from the love of Christ? Can affliction or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? Can affliction or anguish or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? American Standard Version Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Aramaic Bible in Plain English What will separate me from the love of The Messiah: Suffering, or imprisonment, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
Contemporary English Version Can anything separate us from the love of Christ? Can trouble, suffering, and hard times, or hunger and nakedness, or danger and death? Douay-Rheims Bible Who then shall separate us from the love of Christ?
Shall tribulation? English Revised Version Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Good News Translation Who, then, can separate us from the love of Christ? Can trouble do it, or hardship or persecution or hunger or poverty or danger or death?
Can trouble, distress, persecution, hunger, nakedness, danger, or violent death separate us from his love?
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